Church History

When Augustine handed over the leadership of his church in A.D. 426, his successor was so overwhelmed by a sense of inadequacy that he declared, “The swan is silent,” fearing the spiritual giant’s voice would be lost to time. But …
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Just what is “Calvinism?” Does this teaching make man a deterministic robot and God the author of sin? What about free will? If the church accepts Calvinism, won’t evangelism be stifled, perhaps even extinguished? How can we balance God’s sovereignty …
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The division of the church that occurred during the Protestant Reformation was not something that the Reformers originally intended to happen. However, when it became clear that the church authorities would be unwilling to submit themselves to the teaching of …
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A standard survey of the history of the Christian church from A.D. 33 to modern times, The Church in History by B.K. Kuiper has long been the textbook of choice for many secondary schools and Bible institutes. Detailed and fact-filled yet balanced and …
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The Confessions of Bishop Augustine of Hippo reveal one man’s weaknesses, desires, and sin as well as his repentance and conversion. In this work, Augustine makes known his prayers on behalf of the reader: “Stir up the heart when people read and …
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“The aim of this book is to raise the bar for a new generation of expositors.”—Steven J. Lawson Looking to the past for outstanding Bible-based, Christ-centered, and life-changing preaching, Dr. Steven J. Lawson focuses on sixteenth-century Geneva, Switzerland. It was …
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In the early twentieth century J. Gresham Machen emerged as one of America’s best known Protestant intellectuals and a widely respected fundamentalist. But as an opponent of Prohibition and defender of civil liberties, Machen became an improbable ally of secular …
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In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin. His life, ministry, and teachings have made a great contribution to systematic theology and are of great importance even for the twenty-first century church. These books celebrate the legacy of …
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Jonathan Edwards, a leader in the Great Awakening during the eighteenth century, still has much to teach the church. Evangelicals are rediscovering him through the efforts of several authors (John Gerstner, Iain Murray, Harry Stout, and others) and publishers (Banner …
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Nowadays there are all kinds of methods employed to attract new people into the church: big tent revival meetings, charismatic guest speakers, contemporary music bands, and even coffee bars. But the early church grew without any of these things, even …
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F.F. Bruce is widely regarded as one of the finest evangelical New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free is Bruce’s analysis of the life and thought of the apostle Paul. This important book …
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The Reformation did not happen instantaneously; it was something God patiently arranged over a number of years. As you read this book, you will learn how the Lord used some people to plant the seeds of church reform long before …
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